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CARDlNG-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,749, dated January2, 1894.

Application filed December 13, 1892. Serial No. 455,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNsT BRUNO BOHLE, a subect of the King of Saxony, and a resident of VVerdau, in the Kingdom ofSaxony, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Carding-Engines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

In carding engines the carded material detached from the same by thecomb, has hitherto been run off onto endless cloths or drums and thenformed to a more or less thick fleece as the case may be; the saidcarded material being taken off the engine lengthwise and in its fullwidth and either transported thus to the next engine or rolled intoslivers.

Now by my present invention I do not proceed 1n the manner abovedescribed, but by means of certain mechanism more particularly describedhereinafter, I cause certain lengths of the staple to be cut or torn offevenly in strips and delivered onto a table or endless band, movingtransversely to the directionof the carded material coming from theengine. By this means the carded material is delivered from the enginein strips having the staple transverse to their length, such strlpsbelng then formed to slivers or taken on to the next carding machine.

In order to make this specification more eas1ly intelligible referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same, and inwhich similar letters denote si milar parts throughout the severalviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carding engine on my improved system.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a part side elevationwith the beater about to cutoff a strip of the carded material and laythe same on the transversely moving table. Fig. 4c shows a sideelevation with the beater in the act of cutting off the strip. Fig. 5shows the beater retiring to its original position after having out offthe strip. Fig. (3 shows the beater in its position of rest.

The carded material 13' detached from the carding drum A by the comb B,passes onto the table or endless cloth or band C (for which alsoa seriesof rolls maybe substituted). One roll of this endless band or table runsin fixed bearings P P, while the second P is mounted in a frame Ppivotally attached at P P and has its arms lengthened to form bearingsat R R for the counter pressure roll T. By means of this arrangement theWhole table 0 may be swung on its pivots in PP by means of the crankdisk D and connecting rod M.

A beater F is pivotally mounted underneath the table 0 and provided witha toothed segment K which engages in a larger toothed segment II alsopivotally mounted in the same standard as the segment K and actuated bya rod L and eccentric E from the main driving shaft of the engine.Thebeater F is thus caused to describe a semicircle intermittentlybackward and forward and at each movement forward the same will strikeoff or detach a strip of the carded material about equal to its ownwidth, as the latter descends from the carding drum A. A receivingcarrier table or endless band G is provided, which moves in a directiontransverse to that of the carded material coming from the engine. Thiscarrier or endless band may be driven by means of pulleys and belts orany other suitable gearing, from the main driving shaft of the engine.

The apparatus works in the following manner:lVhen the end of the table 0is in its lowest position,the beater F has already commenced itsmovement from the position shown in Fig. 6 and is about to strike offthe strip of carded material as shown in Fig. 3. Immediately the piecehas been detached the table 0 commences to rise again, while the beaterF deposits the detached piece on the carrier G. (Fig. 4.) The table 0continues to rise and in spite of the fact that the staple iscontinually issuing downward from the carding ,drum, between the end ofthe table 0 and the roll T, the height to which the end of the saidtable 0 moves is sufficient to allow the free passage of the beaterunderneath the end of the carded material to its position of rest. shownin Fig. 6, it is now ready to strike off the next strip on thesubsequent descent of the end of the table 0. The strips of cardedmaterial detached will thus be laid stepwise on the transversely movingtable G [Fig 2] (Fig. 5.) Having attained the position with the staplelying in a direction transverse to that of the material coming fromthemachine and may then be rolled to slivers or conducted to the nextcarding engine by means of the ordinary transport devices as shown at 2.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cardingengine, the combination of anintermittently actuated beater to strike said table and means foractuating the said beater intermittently backward and forward 1n themanner and for the purpose substantially as described. 7

3. The combination of the endless band forming the table 0 stationarybearingsP P, to support one of the rolls of said endless band a frame Ppivotally attached at P P, a roll P and counterpressure roll T mountedin said frame, a crank disk D on the driving shaft and connections fromthe crank disk to the movable end of the table 0, a beater F pivotallymounted as specified and having a toothed segment K, a segment 11 toengage said segment K, eccentric E and rod L to actuate the segment Hand means for transporting the strips cut off substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination of the pivotally attached table 0, means foractuating the same, the beater F pivotally mounted underneath saidtable, means for intermittently moving the said beater in a semicirclebackward and forward,an endless band or table G mounted on rolls to runtransversely to the direction of the carded material coming from theengine and means to actuate said table or band G substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses. v

' ERNST BRUNO BOHLE.

Witnesses:

ERNST GoTTH. BOHLE, BERNHARDT HUPENHAUssER.

